Johnny Manziel suspended one-half game

5:16 PM,
Aug. 28, 2013

Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel (2) runs from Missouri's Michael Sam (52) during the second quarter of an NCAA college football game on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, in College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/Dave Einsel)

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George Schroeder
| USA TODAY Sports

Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel will be suspended for the first half of the Aggies' season-opening game against Rice on Saturday for an "inadvertent violation" of NCAA rules regarding autograph signing, a school official confirmed to USA TODAY Sports.

A&M senior associate athletic director Jason Cook told USA TODAY Sports both the school and the NCAA found "there is no evidence Manziel received monetary reward in exchange for autographs."

But the NCAA and the school agreed that student-athletes should know that when signing numerous autographs in one sitting, such autographs are ...